Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), October 2022

by: daryljamesb
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>PlantingSpace | REMOTE (Europe time) | <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;planting.space" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;planting.space</a>
We are a research and development startup, with an ambitious goal to build a system capable of understanding knowledge, to answer questions and get things done.<p>Our work leverages cutting-edge domains such as Probabilistic Programming and Applied Category Theory. Initially we’re focussed on building a system that can receive queries in natural or domain specific language, provide good answers and an insight into its reasoning.<p>We look for skills in:<p>- NLP &amp; transformer models: to work on query parsing<p>- Software engineering (Julia): to build our core system<p>Useful experience: algorithms, Bayesian statistics, symbolic computing, optimization, category theory, information theory.<p>If you want to learn more about our company, get some insights into what it’s like to work in our team and participate in our retreats, check our out Join Us page: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;planting.space&#x2F;joinus" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;planting.space&#x2F;joinus</a><p>To see a full list of openings, and to apply, follow this link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.lever.co&#x2F;planting.space" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;jobs.lever.co&#x2F;planting.space</a>

by: ma2780
text: NY | 100% Remote<p>Forward is looking for a Python dev to help out an electrical and mechanical engineering firm that builds hardware devices. Their software needs revolve around aggregating and displaying data produced by their devices and, in the immediate term, they’re looking for someone to build out a tool that lets them proxy TCP&#x2F;IP packets to multiple clients. Over the long term most of the work would involve encoding or decoding data, displaying, and occasionally analyzing data.<p>Details:<p>* Keywords: Python<p>* Term: 6-12 months<p>* Hours per week: 10-20<p>* Rate: $50-100&#x2F;hr<p>* Timeline: Immediate<p>* Timezone Constraints: 5 hours overlap with ET<p>* Geographic Constraints: Must be a U.S. citizen living in the U.S.<p>More details: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;work.withforward.com&#x2F;b2ce1f13926547a68b8487ceeeaf3afe" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;work.withforward.com&#x2F;b2ce1f13926547a68b8487ceeeaf3af...</a><p>If this sounds like you, feel free to fill out our typeform (~5 min): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;form.typeform.com&#x2F;to&#x2F;QPoHyMHN#role=xxxxx" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;form.typeform.com&#x2F;to&#x2F;QPoHyMHN#role=xxxxx</a><p>Thanks!

by: atlasunshrugged
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS | Global, REMOTE<p>Tribe.AI is a network of more than 100 top engineers, data scientists, and beyond who come together to do interesting projects (usually growth stage startups, a few publicly traded co&#x27;s and some smaller startups as well). The community is also just a great place to connect, we often have virtual and now even some in person events to learn from experts in the field or for Tribe members to present their projects. A few folks in the community have also used it as a launching pad for their own startups!<p>If you&#x27;re a top-tier PM with knowledge of AI projects, engineer, data scientist, or in the field, please apply to join the network (takes under 5 mins) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tribe.ai&#x2F;join" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tribe.ai&#x2F;join</a>

by: uplift_ltd
text: Boulder, CO | Remote | US Time Zone<p>At Uplift, we’re on a mission to perfect our work life while learning, building, and enjoying our free time. We&#x27;re looking for well rounded software engineers to join our team. Contract or contract-to-hire, open to employment too. Many more details on our website <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers</a><p>1. Mid&#x2F;senior experience in at least 2 of these:<p>* React&#x2F;React Native
* Django (python)<p>* GraphQL (Django &amp; React+Apollo)<p>Usually start part time &amp; ramp up.<p>2. Scala Engineer<p>The position involves building backend services in Scala and a GraphQL layer in TypeScript.<p>Must have 1-2 years of experience with Scala. Experience with TypeScript is a big plus.<p>This is a 6-month opportunity,could turn into a permanent position.<p>Bonus for all positions:<p>* Freelance experience: delivered projects, managed budget&#x2F;estimate, worked with non-technical clients (most important)<p>* Heroku or AWS<p>* Laravel&#x2F;MVC framework in PHP, PHPUnit<p>* Thrift<p>* Excellent CSS skills<p>* Native iOS&#x2F;Android<p>* SQL experience<p>* Can think critically, build from rough specs (no designs or detailed specs)<p>One of our core values is continuous learning: within the industry &amp; from each other. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. If you&#x27;re self-sufficient, passionate &amp; a good communicator, apply now!<p>Web designers can check out our site for details.<p>#### To apply:<p>You have at least 20 hours per week available, and are located in a US timezone.<p>Visit <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.uplift.ltd&#x2F;careers&#x2F;</a>, select a position, and follow the instructions.

by: danielwashbrook
text: REMOTE (Canada)<p>We are a team of 5 freelancers (a PM, designer and three developers) looking for another developer to work on a rather large project for our client.<p>We are looking for skills in:<p>- Laravel, with a good understanding of the core concepts.<p>- VueJS component development<p>- AWS, EC2s and S3 buckets. Nothing too exotic.<p>Around 20-30 hours a week would be nice but we&#x27;re big on flexibility. A bit of overlap with Pacific timezone is a bonus.<p>To apply, send us your info with this link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;airtable.com&#x2F;shrCnb54sxkT2fsDR" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;airtable.com&#x2F;shrCnb54sxkT2fsDR</a>

by: outhn
text: Remote | Short-term
Looking for someone who can help instrument a large-scale rails web app for distributed tracing. It will be a standalone project.<p>If you are interested, please drop me an email (outhn@proton.me) with your resume, some evidence of past experience on distributed tracing, and your availability. Thanks.

by: tikkun
text: Remote<p>Location: California. Remote: Yes.<p>I&#x27;m looking for someone who is interested in GPT, image generators, and other generative AI tools to make a lot of TikToks about them. You would need to be comfortable showing your face.<p>Email: thriving.research at the gmail domain<p>Include &#x27;HN freelancer thread&#x27; and your name in the subject line.

by: mm_witted
text: Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, New York | Remote &amp; onsite<p>Dozens of projects open currently with varying tech stacks, see the project list at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;witted.com&#x2F;projects" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;witted.com&#x2F;projects</a>

by: asm64me
text: REMOTE | x86_64 Assembly for part-time contract work.<p>I need an Assembly expert to help me debug some floating point instructions.<p>If all goes well I expect this to take ~1 hour through a Zoom call.